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the single specimen having been taken by myself in a sanay Lane 
immediately outside the Ciddde, during December 1848. 
564. Platysthetus fossor. 
Platysthetus fossor, Woll., Ins. Mad. 603 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira proper ; occurring amongst mud at the edges of 
small streams, especially in the north of the island. Local. 
Genus 232. OXYTELUS. 
Gravenhorst, Col. Micropt. 101 (1802). 
565. Oxytelus piceus*. 
Staphylinus piceus, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. ii. 686 (1767). 
Oxytelus piceus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 788 (1839). 
, Heer, Fna Col. Helv. i, 204 (1841). 
—— ——, Woll., Ins. Mad. 606 (1854). 


Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo; occurring in the dung of cattle, 
principally at low elevations. 
566. Oxytelus sculptus. 
Oxytelus sculptus, Grav., Mon. 191 (1806). 
— — longicornis, Mann., Brachel. 48 (1831). 
sculptus, Hrich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 788 (1839). 
— , Woll., Ins. Mad. 607 (1854). 


Inhabits Madeira proper; occurring in the dung of cattle, beneath 
vegetable refuse, and in damp spots, at low and intermediate alti- 
tudes. 
567. Oxytelus insignitus*. 
O. niger subnitidus, capite vix punctulato basi utrinque longitudi- 
naliter strigoso, prothorace elytrisque sat profunde substriguloso- 
punctatis, illo (cum ore) rufo-piceo postice rotundato, his diluto- 
testaceis, antennarum basi pedibusque pallido-testaceis. 
Mas, capite maximo, clypeo apice in medio triangulariter acuminato, 
mandibulis valde elongatis. 
Fom., capite minore distinctius punctulato, clypeo antice rotundato, 
mandibulis minoribus. 
Long. corp. lin. 11—vix 12. 
Oxytelus insignitus, Grav., Mon. 188. 5. d (1806). 
Americanus, Mann., Brachel. 48 (1831). 
insignitus, Lrich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 793 (1859). 
mandibulatus, Heineken (olim), in litt. 



O, black, and slightly shining. Head minutely alutaceous ; almost 
impunctate in the males, but with the punctures more evident in 
